Sentence examples for dejected tone from inspiring English sources

Thicke's is the album artwork not of a multi-platinum global artist but of a singer who ends his weeknights packing up his own equipment and selling handmade CD-Rs after gigs, the dejected tone suggesting a man not selling compact discs out of the back of his car as much as actually living in it, at least until there is an available room in LA's equivalent of the Linton Travel Tavern.

Taking on the kind of dejected tone usually reserved for candle-light vigils and funerals, Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga).

In a somewhat dejected tone, Hurd said stepping down was a "painful decision" and vaguely acknowledged that he displayed a lack of character.

"My overarching concern, having seen the overseas markets and the futures on [election night]...is that the election of Trump and the policies that he and the Republican congress are about to enact are going to lead to a recession," Roderick told me in a dejected tone.

Head down, he answered questions in the dejected tones of someone helping the police with their inquiries.

They look dejected and demoralised.

You feel dejected and trapped.

The students all look dejected.

This woman's behaviour confused the doctors and made them feel dejected.

Bouchard does look a bit dejected in person.

Instead of comforted, we often leave feeling dismissed and dejected.